Salman Rushdie feels India is committing an atrocity in Kashmir. Ironically, Rushdie would be killed on sight in Kashmir, which India is trying to protect from the onslaught of global jihadism.
Medieval Triple Talaq was banned in several Islamic nations, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, decades ago. The delay in India shows the painful grip patriarchal religion has here.
It's been 25 years since Bangladesh closed its doors to me. Despite the chance of living in the West, I chose India out of sheer love. So-called secular forces targeted me. Will others help?
Taslima Nasreen, noted Bangladeshi author living in exile in India, spoke with Rohit E David on freedom of speech, the Muslim community, Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee, Asaduddin Owaisi and who's challenging radical jihadis.
You have banished me from Bangladesh, have no sympathy for assassinated atheist bloggers, yet you have opened the doors for the foreign refugees.
It's time to shun godmen, superstition and, of course, communal frenzy.
Faced with restrictions and living in exile, acclaimed author of Lajja asks if she has no country, no land to call her own.
The author might have controversial views on Islam, but her freedom of speech should have been guaranteed by the harbingers of good governance in Devendra Fadnavis-led state.
[Book extract] Without allowing criticism of Islam, it will be difficult for Muslim countries to separate the State and religion.
The Bangladeshi author regards India as her ‘home’, but she continues to remain a pariah.
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